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  <title>MediaGoblin campaign a massive succcess!  What's next?</title>
  <meta name="date" contents="2014-04-24 11:00" />
  <meta name="author" contents="Christopher Allan Webber" />
  <meta name="tags" contents="campaign" />
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  <a href="/pages/campaign.html"
     ><img src="/blog_images/campaign_success.png"
           alt="MediaGoblin campaign a success!" /></a>
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<p>
  So <a href="/pages/campaign.html">this happened</a>.  To say "we are
  floored with the success of the campaign and the community support
  we've received" would be a huge understatement.  We made the call to
  arms to fight for federation and privacy features on the web, and
  you answered.
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<p>
  Like an adventure movie, the stakes were high, at times we weren't
  sure we were going to make it, but there was excitement abound and
  in the end, we were victorious.  We surpassed not
  <a href="/news/passed-first-milestone-and-10k-matching.html">one</a>
  but <a href="/news/last-day-of-campaign-second-milestone-in.html">two
  milestones</a> and met a
  <a href="/news/passed-first-milestone-and-10k-matching.html">10k matching grant</a>
  (the final thing putting us over the top of that last one, by the
  way, was cashing in our bitcoins).
  We gave a complete and total
  <a href="/news/financial-transparency.html">financial transparency breakdown</a>,
  and you responded with appreciation.
  We came to the <a href="/news/one-week-left-on-campaign.html">last week of the campaign</a>
  at 67% of the way to the second milestone... still a ways to go... could we do it?
  And we did!  Or we should say, <i>YOU</i> did.  You made this possible.
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  But that's hardly the end of our adventure... the fundraising
  campaign is over, but the most the most exciting times are ahead of
  us.  Let's look at just what you all have succeeded in unlocking
  here:
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  <a href="/pages/campaign.html"
     ><img src="/blog_images/campaign_milestone_1.png"
           alt="First milestone details" /></a>
  <br />
  <a href="/pages/campaign.html"
     ><img src="/blog_images/campaign_milestone_2.png"
           alt="Second milestone details" /></a>
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<p>
  Wow, feature-wise that is a lot of stuff!  From federation, to
  private media sharing, to PyPump development, to podcast
  support... that's a lot of features alone.  And I'm sure we're all
  excited about the 1.0 release ahead!  You've funded all of this,
  which means we are getting to work on it.  We'll be sure to be
  making updates as we move forward with implementing it all.
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<p>
  There are more exciting updates on the way, also.  Two of the things
  unlocked we'll be making more announcements over the next couple of
  weeks, but we are preparing for them to make sure we can pull them
  off in a way that's best for everyone.  The first of these is the
  "donor chosen feature".  We're going to give donors a list of
  significant features to choose from, but we want to make sure we
  have a list of things that's both feasible and interesting to pull
  off.
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<p>
  The second is the premium hosting reward.  This got unlocked as a
  reward option just barely a day before the campaign ended.  We
  thought it would be pretty crazy (and unfair) to offer this option
  right before the end of the campaign and then only give people a few
  hours to select them, so here's what we're doing instead:
  the main rewards from the campaign are now closed down (you can still
  <a href="https://crm.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=36">donate if you like</a>),
  but very shortly we're going to open things up again, but with
  <i>only</i> premium hosting as an option.  We think this is the best
  route for everyone: it will allow us to properly plan out the reward
  in a way that works well, and it will give people a chance to
  actually opt in to the reward.
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<p>
  So, that's plenty to keep looking forward to!  Keep your eyes here
  for more updates on the above!
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<p>
  Last of all, what about all the rewards you all ordered?  The plan
  is that we will begin delivering on those over the summer in order
  to maximize reward delivery with actual project productivity.  My
  spouse Morgan Lemmer-Webber will (very kindly) be assisting with
  reward fulfillment over the summer, in-between her research
  projects.  We realize some of you may be eager to get your rewards,
  but hopefully you'll be happy to realize this means we'll be able to
  optimize time between getting those out and getting work done on the
  real stuff you funded: MediaGoblin itself!
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<p>
  So, that's a lot to look forward to.  We hope you're as excited as
  we are as we step into this new era of MediaGoblin development.  And
  there are surely more exciting things to announce along the way.
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<p>
  In the meanwhile, it's worth repeating: thank you to everyone who
  supported the <a href="/pages/campaign.html">campaign</a>.  We're
  tackling some ambitious stuff here in MediaGoblin-land with the
  end-goal being nothing short of paving the way for a better
  internet.  Thanks for helping us make that possible, and joining us
  on this journey.  We couldn't do it without you.
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